"If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America."

Cleaver, Eldridge | Change | 1 bookmarks

"When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being, we have asserted, are the fruits of freedom, while we should have been the first to know that this kind of happiness has been an unmixed blessing only in this country, and it is a minor blessing compared with the truly political freedoms, such as freedom of speech and thought, of assembly and association, even under the best conditions."

Arendt, Hannah | Freedom | 1 bookmarks

"Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this."

Haydon, Benjamin | Age and Aging | 1 bookmarks

"The brave person thinks of themselves last of all."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von | Courage | 2 bookmarks

"Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von | Adventure | 5 bookmarks

"He who considers too much will perform little."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von | Action | 2 bookmarks

"If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country."

Malcolm X | Violence | 1 bookmarks

"I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."

Malcolm X | Respectability | 4 bookmarks

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

Malcolm X | Purpose | 3 bookmarks

"It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate it with cream, you make it weak. But if you pour too much cream in it, you won't even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep."

Malcolm X | Multiculturalism | 1 bookmarks